SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K


                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934



Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):   May 3, 2004


                           Glenayre Technologies, Inc.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


          Delaware                    0-15761                 98-0085742
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(State or other jurisdiction        (Commission             (IRS Employer
     of incorporation)              file number)        Identification Number)


  11360 Lakefield Drive, Duluth, Georgia                         30097
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  (Address of principal executive offices)                      (Zip Code)


Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 770-283-1000
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ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

         (c)  Exhibits.

               99.1   Company's News Release dated May 3, 2004.


ITEM 12.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

On May 3, 2004, Glenayre Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") issued a news
release providing financial results for the first quarter of 2004. The news
release contains forward-looking statements regarding the Company and includes a
cautionary statement identifying important factors that could cause actual
results to differ.

The Company's news release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report.

Neither the foregoing nor the news release furnished as Exhibit 99.1 shall be
deemed to be "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934. The information in this Current Report shall not be incorporated by
reference into any registration statement or other document pursuant to the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.



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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                   Glenayre Technologies, Inc



Dated: May 3, 2004                 By: /s/  Debra Ziola
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                                       Name:  Debra Ziola
                                       Title: Senior Vice President and Chief
                                              Financial Officer


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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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                                 CURRENT REPORT
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                                    FORM 8-K


Date of Event Reported: May 3, 2004                  Commission File No: 0-15761



                           GLENAYRE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



         Exhibit No.                  Exhibit Description
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            99.1                      Company's News Release dated May 3, 2004.